About 11 years ago I remember the urge to slap a friend while we were sitting talking and drinking beer. I wasn't drunk at all I wasn't even tipsy so drinking wasn't the factor. I could feel the stress of being there though and for me itching on my arms and legs is the sign of serious stress.
Fast forward to today. My new friend and I visited a new born of a woman I just knew a few months ago. I didn't know the women well yet but I thought they were very interesting people, I thought I was comfortable with them and I was very excited to see them, the baby and talk about our life and work. The conversation went very well the first 20 minutes but after that I started to feel sick. I was shaking inside, I felt like I was losing control as if I would drop the baby on the floor (I was holding the baby then). All I wanted to do is hide, I almost excused myself to the bathroom. Then I feared that the women would notice what was going on with me and how I felt inside.
Is that what you call social anxiety? When you have that kind of an attack that comes up out of the blue how do you deal with it? Is there any medication fot this kind of attack but how do you take medication when you don't get attacked very often? Thanks a lot.
Fast forward to today. My new friend and I visited a new born of a woman I just knew a few months ago. I didn't know the women well yet but I thought they were very interesting people, I thought I was comfortable with them and I was very excited to see them, the baby and talk about our life and work. The conversation went very well the first 20 minutes but after that I started to feel sick. I was shaking inside, I felt like I was losing control as if I would drop the baby on the floor (I was holding the baby then). All I wanted to do is hide, I almost excused myself to the bathroom. Then I feared that the women would notice what was going on with me and how I felt inside.
Is that what you call social anxiety? When you have that kind of an attack that comes up out of the blue how do you deal with it? Is there any medication fot this kind of attack but how do you take medication when you don't get attacked very often? Thanks a lot.
via Social Anxiety Forum http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f35/what-ever-it-is-the-struggle-is-real-401345/
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